Poetry Vocabulary Crossword Puzzle

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QUESTIONS LIST: form : structure or organization; includes the way the words are arranged, couplet : stanza made up of 2 lines, free verse : poem that doesn't rhyme or follow a pattern or rhythm, lyric : short poem that directly expresses the poet's thoughts and emotions, symbolism : when a concrete object, such as a rose, represents something much greater, like love, ballad : a poem that tells a story and was meant to be sung so it uses repetition so people could join in, repetition : to use any elements of language over and over and over again on purpose to create a certain effect, stanza : group of lines set off in a poem by a blank lines; like a paragraph in writing, imagery : writing that helps you see, smell, hear, taste, and/or feel; helps you "show", quatrain : stanza made up of 4 lines, rhyme scheme : pattern of the rhyme in the poem (aaba, aabb, abcb), onomatopoeia : sound effect words (buzz, hiss), limerick : humorous poems with five lines; rhyme scheme is aabba; often start with "there once was a" or "there was a", alliteration : repetition of sounds at the beginnings of words (allison ate art's apples all afternoon), haiku : japanese form of poetry; 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables, figurative language : writing that is not literal, rhyme : repetition of sounds in the middle and ends of words (cat, sat, hat), metaphor : comparison between two unlike things without using "like" or "as", personification : giving human qualities to something that is not human, narrative : a poem that tells a story, hyperbole : extreme exaggeration to create an effect, simile : comparison between two unlike things using "like" or "as"